Tesco recycling centre in Shrewsbury

As part of their new sustainable development in north Shrewsbury, the supermarket giant Tesco has installed a brand new automated recycling maching which can accept:

 

• paper and magazines
• cans, tins, aerosols and foil
• glass bottles and jars
• plastic bottles
• plastic bags
• textiles
• shoes

 

Automated technology

Unlike other sites, this one uses a TOMRA automated recycling machine. You can put all your recycling in one hole and the machine sorts it for you. It has cutting edge technology like photo-recognition and infra-red scanning to sort items into separate underground storage containers. It can even differentiate between different colours of glass bottle!

Increasing recycling

When installed in 2007 it was one of the first of its kind in the UK. It has proved extremely popular and within 6 months of operation the site had doubled the amount of recycling collected. The machine uses 'reverse vending' technology giving reward card points for recycling which motivates people to recycle more. As such they are helping reduce the amount of household waste sent to landfill each year in Shropshire.